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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Basically, this is the practice of collecting publicly available, open-source in
Well, "open-source" in the context of OSINT means locating and collecting information from any publicly available source. Such as published works, publicly available archives, the internet, your local city hall, books, videos, movies, forums, social media, leaked data, hacked data, pictures, newspapers, reports and so on. Not to be confused with FOSS warez (That means **F**ree and **O**pen **S**ource **S**oftware, by the way).
These information gathering techniques have been used for over 2000 years. Back in the day, this was used in written form. Art, sculptures, books, scrolls, cave paintings, carvings, and so on. In the more modern centuries, libraries, archives, newspapers, documents and images were used. After technology advanced a bit, recorded telegraphs, radio frequencies, television broadcasts, government archives, city hall archives, and things of that nature were also used. Developed in the late 20th century, humanity was gifted the [world wide web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web) ([WikiLess](https://wikiless.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web?lang=en)), also known as the *internet*.
These information gathering techniques have been used for over 2,000 years. Back in the day, this was used in written form. Art, sculptures, books, scrolls, cave paintings, carvings, and so on. In the more modern centuries, libraries, archives, newspapers, documents and images were used. After technology advanced a bit, recorded telegraphs, radio frequencies, television broadcasts, government archives, city hall archives, and things of that nature were also used. Developed in the late 20th century, humanity was gifted the [world wide web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web) ([WikiLess](https://wikiless.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web?lang=en)), also known as the *internet*.
With the creation of search engines, online phone books, online newspapers, BBS boards, IRC channels, social media sites, searchable archives, the BitTorrent protocol, file sharing sites, decentralized networks, scene/warez groups, and all the other millions of different things available online, everything in the intelligence game changed permanently for everyone.
These OSINT operations, which are conducted by governments, private sector agencies, police and other law enforcement entities, journalists, investigators, [private military contractors (PMCs)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_military_company) ([WikiLess](https://wikiless.org/wiki/Private_military_company?lang=en)), state-sanctioned [advanced persistent threats (APTs)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_persistent_threat) ([WikiLess](https://wikiless.org/wiki/Advanced_persistent_threat?lang=en)), cyber-security specialists, whitehats, blackhats, script kiddies on Xbox Live and your average everyday low-tech users alike. For example, have you ever Googled yourself? Looked up someone that you know online? Searched for someone or something that you wanted to know more about? Did you find anything? I bet you probably did.